I agree with you. As they say "You get what you Pay for". I have bought
"cheaper Router Bits" In order to make myself more familiar with how
they work. I bought a cheap Rail & stile bit, spent a couple of hours
fine tuningg them with a shim washer kit. I did make a very decent
hutch and the doors worked perfect. I am sure that if had purchased a
higher end rail & stile set, I would not had to spend so much time fine
tuning them. When I feel better at using these type of bits, I will be
purchasing a very high end product.
Teamcasa wrote:
OK, Its been awhile but after read some recent post about the high quality
of HF tools I think we need to re-visit this from a different point of view.
Do you just try to buy the cheapest tools you can find? Does this mean your
work is solely based on how cheap you can make it? Are the two correlative?
Personally, I find nothing more frustrating than fussing with a tool that
won't hold up to the rigors of life in my hands. Underpowered, noisy pieces
of cheap junk that fail to do the job asked of them.

Yes, I am a tool snob. But not from arrogance but from experience. Twenty
years + as a mechanic and 40 + years as a (hobbiest) funiture builder have
taught me a very important lesson. You can't make money or enjoy using
cheap tools. Yes, the Snap-On tools I have cost too much, however, I still
have all of them and they still work as advertised.

My father, grandfather, great grandfather were all cabinet and furniture
makers or lumber men. The tools they passed down to me along the way are
all surprisingly high quality or hand made. I hope one day that I can pass
to my son and grandson's tools I'm proud of. Somehow I don't think anything
HF makes will make the list.

Just ranting after a long visit to Lie-Nielsen to buy their new socket
chisel set. I don't really need them but as I said, I love a quality
tool(s)!

Dave


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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.



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